Sergiu PărgrasIndustrial designer
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Product design · Prototyping

Urban Water Cycle

Year
2018
Client
Eematico
Role
Product Designer · Maker
Interactive miniature city model showing the urban water cycle

At Eematico, the focus was hands-on educational play: interactive materials that deliver knowledge naturally. For this project, I developed a model that demonstrates how municipal water systems operate.

Making infrastructure visible

Clear acrylic and transparent tubing reveal the fluid dynamics and water flow throughout the miniature city. Participants manually pump water through the model, observing how it is distributed, used, and filtered within a community.

I developed the project in Rhinoceros and V-Ray, from the interactive concept to the physical prototype.

Interactive Urban Water Cycle educational model viewed from above
The miniature city turns an invisible municipal system into a tangible learning experience.
Clear acrylic Urban Water Cycle model detail
Clear acrylic and transparent tubing make the water path visible at every stage.
Urban Water Cycle model showing pipes and pumping components
The model exposes the links between distribution, use, and filtration.
Vertical view of the Urban Water Cycle educational object
Layered parts give the compact city model a clear, readable infrastructure.
Urban Water Cycle model in use with manually pumped water
Manual pumping brings water through the city and lets participants observe the flow in real time.
Finished Urban Water Cycle educational model
The complete object makes a fundamental system of modern society accessible through play.
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